Excel File Does Not Open From Windows Explorer

[Dwight]

When I try to open a MS Excel file from Windows Explore,
MS Excel starts but the file will not open. Is there
anything I can do to fix this problem.

Thanks in advance!

Dwight

 

[wiseman]

Dwight,
Tools, options, general make sure the 'ignore other applications' is not
selected.

If this does not sort out the problem you may need to go to this as in this
post from Beth Melton which we found when we had the same problem and it
solved it.

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It sounds like is a problem with the file associations. Go to Start/Run and
run this command:
Excel /regserver

Note that there is a space before the forward slash.

If you receive an error, you may need to browse to Excel.exe and include the
full path. It would look something like:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\excel.exe" /regserver
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Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
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Hope this helps,
Barbara